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The Western Pennsylvania Log House has a well-documented history reflecting the experience of the pioneer family in the early American frontier. Between 1766 and 1769, Everhart Hupp settled in the north side of Tenmile Creek, not far from the Monongahela River in south-western Pennsylvania.
Western Pennsylvania Log House
According to family tradition, Everhart and his brothers were of German decent and his wife, Margaret Thomas was reputedly the first white woman to settle west of the Monongahela River. A grandson, Uriah, married Marinda Cox in 1851 and lived with their twelve children in this log house, which was built on land belonging to Marinda's father. One son Benjamin Franklin Hupp, married Clara D. Kelley, whose family had emigrated from Armagh in 1719. The museum also has in its collection patchwork quilts belonging to Marinda's granddaughter Anna, the last owner of the house.
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